Artist Biography
Meghan is a graduating member of the Endicott College class of 2020 with a B.F.A. in Interior Architecture. Her undergraduate studies have opened her eyes to different subjects that she hopes to pursue following graduation. These include sustainability, ceramic arts, and sociology.
Meghan spent the summer & fall of 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia completing internships. While living in a suburb of the city she discovered Buford Highway and the vast immigrant community that the highway supported. The research process allowed her to learn about immigration in America and how immigration is being reflected in contemporary Southern culture. It was incredibly beneficial for her to have lived in the city which she designed for. Meghan’s design adapts the culture in Atlanta in order to create more meaningful interactions between people of different backgrounds. Meghan hopes to develop her skills to test the limits of design and better craft purposeful interactions between people.
Thesis Abstract
The Burford Highway Marketplace explores how food and gathering spaces can be used as a method of increasing a community’s cultural competency and decreasing the mainstream customer’s neocolonial attitudes toward other cultures. The Marketplace aims to highlight the immigrant businesses seen along Buford Highway and giving the people of Atlanta the opportunity to interact with members of the immigrant community. An integrated co-working space will give local entrepreneurs exposure to immigrants and can work alongside immigrant business owners.